DuPont invites applications for 2015 Safety and Sustainability Awards

“Over the last decade, the DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards have become widely recognized among industrial companies as a benchmark for workplace safety and sustainability,” said James R. Weigand, president, DuPont Sustainable Solutions.  “More importantly, they have helped to promote initiatives aimed at saving lives and protecting the environment.”

DuPont Sustainable Solutions is now soliciting applications for the 2015 awards, which will be judged by a jury drawn from a range of respected safety, health and environment organizations. 

An application form should be submitted by Feb. 1, 2015. Complete entries, including a summary of the project, must be received by Feb. 27.

Since its launch in 2002, the bi-annual competition has attracted a growing number of applicants, with entries for 2013 increasing nearly 50 percent over those in 2011. 

Last year’s entries came from a wide range of industry sectors across EMEA – from the U.K. to Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, France, the United Arab Emirates and Italy.  DuPont is creating a new category for the awards this year – Operational Excellence.

“The addition of this category acknowledges the strong correlation between operational performance and corporate footprint reduction,” said Brian Rains, global practice leader for Operations Excellence. “Safety and sustainability improvements cannot be executed in a vacuum, but rather in concert with operational improvements.”

The bi-annual DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards competition welcomes entries from all companies or organizations that can demonstrate significant achievements in one of the following three categories: safety, sustainability or operations excellence.